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Kuwait

Kuwait

Network Planning - To develop, maintain and optimize network, server infrastructure, data communications and telecommunications systems.Plan, direct, and coordinate design, installation, connectivity of computers and network systems, ensuring stable operation of organization’s IT assets.Network Management - To configure and manage all new and existing network hardware, software, and communication link.Schedule and direct team to resolve end user hardware and software problems… Show more Network Planning - To develop, maintain and optimize network, server infrastructure, data communications and telecommunications systems.Plan, direct, and coordinate design, installation, connectivity of computers and network systems, ensuring stable operation of organization’s IT assets.Network Management - To configure and manage all new and existing network hardware, software, and communication link.Schedule and direct team to resolve end user hardware and software problems. Design and maintain local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) across the organization, while ensuring minimal network downtime. Monitor and track any inconsistencies within the network and provide suitable solution to the team for execution. Maintain network security of the bank’s IT systems, ensuring adherence to all policies as per IT policies.Network Audit Control - To act as a single point of contact for internal and external IT auditors, ensuring closure of all audit findings.Team Supervision - To ensure timely resolution of all day to day networking issues related to switches, log monitoring, routing etc by the team members. Train the team on new products and upgrades.Network Monitoring & Reporting - To monitor and report the network performance of the entire networking infrastructure and highlight all gaps and recommendations for closures. Show less

Kuwait

Acting head - Service Assurance, Radio Access NetworkCE Champion representing Technology Division - from March 2015Ooredoo Brand Ambassador - from April 2015-- Alcatel Lucent / Astellia probing systems-- Detect and Analyse Radio side network issues-- Voice and Data Competitor Benchmarking (Swissqual/Tems)-- Investigate and Analyse "End User Experience"-- Manage, maintain and continuously improve all aspects of Network Quality / Performance and its impact on… Show more Acting head - Service Assurance, Radio Access NetworkCE Champion representing Technology Division - from March 2015Ooredoo Brand Ambassador - from April 2015-- Alcatel Lucent / Astellia probing systems-- Detect and Analyse Radio side network issues-- Voice and Data Competitor Benchmarking (Swissqual/Tems)-- Investigate and Analyse "End User Experience"-- Manage, maintain and continuously improve all aspects of Network Quality / Performance and its impact on end user experience.-- Monitor end user experience-- Identify, followup and resolve of black points and degradation which affects the Quality and performance-- Ownership, processing, analyzing and resolving customer complaints rela Show less

Kuwait

-- Detect and Analyse Radio side network issues-- Voice and Data Competitor Benchmarking (Swissqual/Tems)-- Investigate and Analyse "End User Experience"-- Manage, maintain and continuously improve all aspects of Network Quality / Performance and its impact on end user experience.-- Monitor end user experience-- Identify, followup and resolve of black points and degradation which affects the Quality and performance-- Ownership, processing, analyzing and resolving… Show more -- Detect and Analyse Radio side network issues-- Voice and Data Competitor Benchmarking (Swissqual/Tems)-- Investigate and Analyse "End User Experience"-- Manage, maintain and continuously improve all aspects of Network Quality / Performance and its impact on end user experience.-- Monitor end user experience-- Identify, followup and resolve of black points and degradation which affects the Quality and performance-- Ownership, processing, analyzing and resolving customer complaints related to radio aspects Show less

Detect and Analyse Radio side network issuesVoice and Data Competitor BenchmarkingInvestigate and Analyse "End User Experience"

Worked at the Network Operation Center - NOCHanded immediate programming tasks - PHP, Java and FlashProgramming Tasks included fetching IMSIs and IMEIs

Kuwait

IT ServicesBack-up and Restore servers Troubleshooting

Telecommunication Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering

Activities and Societies: Representative of Kuwaiti students in Australia, 2006-2010

High School

IGCSE / AS levels